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by Rein Josua 9 years ago

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Hatsune Miku, a virtual pop star created by Yamaha Music in 2007, has become a phenomenon in both Japan and the West. Initially designed as a holographic idol, Miku's appeal lies in her open-source nature, allowing fans and online communities to create and share their own music featuring her.

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Questions 1. What is Hatsune Miku? 2. Where is Hatsune Miku created? 3. When is Hatsune Miku created? 4. Why Hatsune Miku gets easily to be popular? 5. Who are the Western Celebrities who has collaborated with Hatsune Miku? 6. How Hatsune Miku become the Popular?

Answers 1. Hatsune Miku is a vocal synthesizer program developed by Yamaha Music and Crypton Future Media. 2. Hatsune Miku is created in Japan and the first Vocaloid who has done many concerts outside Japan. 3. Hatsune Miku was created in 30 August 2007. 4. Because of her fans. The fans are the key of Hatsune Miku success worldwide. 5. Lady Gaga and Pharrell Williams. 6. With a thousand of her song and each of the song uniqueness. And many promotions, endorsements, and advertisements including Miku inside it. That's how Miku become popular.

Hatsune Miku: Japan’s holographic pop star might be the future of music

Paragraph 6 Main Idea Hatsune Miku is not as par as Many westerns. Hatsune Miku development are in the hands of her fans. Fans can create many genre using Miku.

"When the power is in the fans’ hands, anything could become a reality."

Paragraph 5 Main Idea Once an online composer made a song by using Miku, it's belong to theirs. It's Miku all about.

"It’s the users that make the music and once it’s theirs, it’s theirs. That’s what Hatsune Miku is; it’s not just the person, or the animation, but it’s about the internet community and their creativeness."

Paragraph 4 Main Idea Hatsune Miku became a "creative tool" to many music producer and composer as being said by Crypton Media. Many Miku song composed by Online Community.

"Her songs – and there are more than 100,000 of them – have been written by her online community, many of whom work together. and who have never made music before. New York Magazine called it “a wildly new model of pop stardom that’s both participatory and anti-hierarchical”.

Paragraph 3 Main Idea Miku's popularity in Japan noticed by western celebrities. As she being conducted by famous celebrities in their works such as music, live tour, and TV shows.

"Earlier this year, she supported Lady Gaga on her North American tour and headlined her own shows in New York and LA; Pharrell remixed a track she guested on, and she performed on US chatshow The Late Show With David Letterman in October."

Paragraph 1 Main Idea Hatsune Miku is the first million-selling idol and the first open source. Which mean, Hatsune Miku is an idol that you can do anything to her. Her live-stage is holographed.

"Imagine you could design what kind of heinous headgear Harry Styles wears next. You could pen Nicki Minaj’s next ass anthem. Or you could make a Peter Andre megamix that plays each time he flogs a £1 Iceland gateau on your telly."

Paragraph 2 Main Idea Miku was created in 2007 by Yamaha Music and become popular for youth in Japan because Miku suits otaku subculture in Japan.

"She’s a hit with Japan’s otaku (anime and manga) subcultures, with her larger-than-life eyes, sweeping aquamarine pigtails and upbeat digi-pop ballads that sound like a fairy singing Heal The World."